Roosevelt's Birthplacehttp://www.nps.gov/thrb/Find out about Theodore Roosevelt's Manhattan birthplace and early childhood home, a National Park Service site.

About Theodore Roosevelthttp://www.theodoreroosevelt.orgThis Web site dedicated to TR includes sound files and images, links to other TR sites, anecdotes, and quotations, and provides information about the Theodore Roosevelt Association.

Boardman, Fon W., Jr. America and the Progressive Era. New York: H. Z. Walck, 1970. An overview of society and culture at the turn of the century, including the pressing issues faced by Presidents Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson during this age of reform. Includes a good bibliography.

Cooper, John Milton, Jr. The Warrior and the Priest. Cambridge: Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1983.A comprehensive comparison of the lives, philosophies, and leadership roles of TR and Woodrow Wilson.

Cutright, Paul Russell. Theodore Roosevelt: The making of a Conservationist. Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1985.

Felsenthal, Carol. Alice Roosevelt Longworth. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1988. A comprehensive account of TR's colorful and controversial daughter, from her childhood to her life as the wife of a speaker of the house and position as one of Washington's most famous personalities; based on over 200 interviews with friends and acquaintances, FBI files, and Alice's White House diaries.

----.Princess Alice: The Life and Times of Alice Roosevelt Longworth. New York: St. Martins Press, 1988.

Foner, Eric and John A. Garraty. The Reader's companion to American History. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1991.

Howarth, Steven. To Shining Sea: A History of the United States Navy, 1775-1991. New York: Random House, 1991.

Jeffers, H. Paul. The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions: Heretofore Unpublished Letters and Papers Concerning a Singular Collaboration Between Theodore Roosevelt and Sherlock Holmes. New York: Harper & Row, 1978.The highly fictional and entertaining story of the friendship between TR and the famous English detective.

----. Commissioner Roosevelt: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt and the New York City Police, 1895-1897. New York: J. Wiley & Sons, 1994.

Johnston, William Davison. TR. Champion of the Strenuous Life. New York: Theodore Roosevelt Association., 1958.

Lorant, Stefan. The Life and Times of Theodore Roosevelt. Doubleday & Co.: New York, 1959.

McCullough, David. Mornings on Horseback. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1982.An in-depth biography of the young TR, focusing on his life from the age of 10 until his return from North Dakota at age 27.

----. The Path Between the Seas. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1977.An award-winning book about the building of the Panama Canal.

Morris, Sylvia Jukes. Edith Kermit Roosevelt: Portrait of a First Lady. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1980.Biography of TR's second wife and popular first lady, including the nearly 30 years of her life after the death of TR, many photographs, information about her children as adults, and previously unpublished diaries and letters.

Parker, Nancy Winslow. Locks, Crocs, and Skeeters. New York: Greenwillow Books, 1996.A colorful, easy-to-read overview of the building of the Panama Canal; includes kid-friendly illustrations and good maps and diagrams. Especially useful for younger students and visual learners.

----. The Rough Riders. Dallas: Taylor Publishing, 1997.Originally published in Scribner's Magazine in 1899, this is an updated edition of TR's own account of the exploits of this famous regiment during the Spanish-American War in 1898.

Sinclair, Upton. The Jungle. New York: New American Library, 1990.Originally published in 1906, this famous exposé of the meat-packing industry caused TR to launch an investigation that led to the Pure Food and Drug Act in that same year.

My American Experience

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